When you're stressed, your heart's rhythm changes in a way that shows your body is shifting into 'fight or flight' mode and relaxing less — this change is often used by scientists to measure stress in the body.

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Stress and Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature

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2018 Mar

When people are stressed, their heart rate patterns change in a way that shows their body is in 'fight or flight' mode and not relaxing as much — this study found that’s exactly what happens, and the LF/HF ratio is a reliable way to measure it.

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Stress and Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature

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DOI: 10.30773/pi.2017.08.17

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